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Nearly £20m of fraud stopped by banking industry-funded police unit last year
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dailyrecord.co.ukCovid-19 scams, were prevented last year by a specialist police unit funded by the banking and finance industry.The Dedicated Card and Payment Crime Unit (DCPCU) targets organised criminal gangs responsible for fraud and is made up of officers from the City of London Police and Metropolitan Police Service as well as staff from trade association UK Finance.More than 100 arrests were made in 2020 and the DCPCU helped take down 731 social media accounts linked to fraudulent activity, of which 258 were involved in recruiting money mules.The DCPCU also recovered 18,175 compromised card numbers from active criminal gangs.The unit is currently investigating more than 150 live cases, including several coronavirus-related scams.Detective Chief.
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